How to make beautiful beaded jewellery

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You don’t have to spend a fortune on new clothes to update your look. Accessorising is a simple way to introduce colour and interest to an outfit. This season, gypsy-inspired jewellery is everywhere, and the good news is these kinds of pieces are easy to create yourself. Why not host a jewellery-making evening? Buy some beads, chains and jewellery pliers, then invite friends over to join in the fun. To help you get started, Lincraft is giving every reader a free packet of their Shamrock beads. Click here for more info. See below for instructions on how to make gorgeous beaded earrings, necklaces and bracelets; or download and print out the instructions in full colour.

Download blue jewellery instructions
Download green jewellery instructions

Blue earrings

Materials

• 1 x Shamrock Earring Kit
• 1 packet Shamrock blue disc glass beads
• 1 packet Shamrock blue round glass beads
• 1 packet Shamrock blue square glass beads
• 1 packet Shamrock neutral disc glass beads
• 1 packet Shamrock neutral round glass beads
• 1 packet Shamrock neutral square glass beads
• #081 Shamrock silver chain
• 1 pair Shamrock cutting plier
• 1 pair Shamrock round nose plier
• 1 packet Shamrock eyepins

Instructions

1. Cut a desired length of chain.
2. Thread disc beads onto jump rings and then through the chain.
3. Repeat step 2 until the chain is covered in beads.
4. To attach round and square beads, thread them onto eyepins. Cut 1cm from edge and form a loop and attach to chain.
5. Attach the shepherd hook by passing through the top of the chain.

Blue necklace and bracelet (as seen in Notebook: magazine)

Materials

• 1 x Shamrock bracelet & necklace kit
• 1 packet Shamrock blue disc glass beads
• 1 packet Shamrock neutral disc glass beads
• 1 packet Shamrock blue round glass beads
• 1 packet Shamrock blue long glass beads
• 1 packet Shamrock blue square glass beads
• 1 packet Shamrock neutral round glass beads
• 1 packet Shamrock neutral long glass beads
• 1 packet Shamrock neutral square glass beads
• 1 packet Shamrock neutral large glass beads
• 1 packet Shamrock brown large glass beads
• #081 Shamrock silver chain
• 1 pair Shamrock cutting plier
• 1 pair Shamrock round nose plier
• 1 packet Shamrock eyepins
• 1 packet Shamrock jumprings

Instructions for necklace

1. Cut two desired lengths of chain
2. Thread on large beads and centre on chain.
3. Thread disc beads onto jump rings and then through both lengths of chain.
4. Repeat step 2 until the chain is covered in beads.
5. To attach round, long and square beads, thread them onto eyepins. Cut 1cm from edge and form a loop and attach to chain.
6. To add jewellery tag and lobster clasp, pass them each through a jump ring and attach the jump ring onto onto the chain.

Instructions for bracelet

1. Cut two desired lengths of chain
2. Thread beads onto jump rings and then through both lengths of chain.
3. Repeat step 2 until the chain is covered in beads.
4. To add jewellery tag and lobster clasp, pass them each through a jump ring and attach the jump ring onto onto the chain.

Green earrings

Materials

1. 1 x Shamrock Earring Kit
2. 1 packet Shamrock pink disc glass beads
3. 1 packet Shamrock pink square glass beads
4. 1 packet Shamrock pink long glass beads
5. 1 packet Shamrock green disc glass beads
6. 1 packet Shamrock green round glass beads
7. 1 packet Shamrock pink large glass beads
8. 1 pair Shamrock cutting plier
9. 1 pair Shamrock round nose plier

Instructions

1. Cut the end off a head pin and create a round loop at the end. Thread on a green disc, a pink large oval bead and then a green disc.
2. Cut the head pin 1cm away from the last bead and make a loop to close the length. This becomes your centrepiece.
3. Repeat step 1 twice but thread only a pink square bead.
4. Repeat step 1 twice but thread only a green round bead.
5. Repeat step 1 twice but thread only a pink disc bead.
6. Loop one pink square onto each side of the centrepiece.
7. Loop one green round onto each side of the pink square.
8. Loop one pink disc onto each side of the green round.
9. Cut the end of another head pin and make a loop at the end.
10. Thread the loop through the loop ends of both the pink discs.
11. Thread a green disc, long pink then green disc and cut the headpin 1cm from the end of the bead.
12. Make a loop and then finish by threading through the shepherd hook.

Green necklace and bracelet

Materials

• 1 x Shamrock bracelet & necklace kit
• 1 packet Shamrock pink disc glass beads
• 1 packet Shamrock pink round glass beads
• 1 packet Shamrock pink oval glass beads
• 1 packet Shamrock green long glass beads
• 1 packet Shamrock green disc glass beads
• 1 packet Shamrock green square glass beads
• 1 packet Shamrock green oval glass beads
• 1 packet Shamrock pink large glass beads
• 1 packet Shamrock green large glass beads
• 1 pair Shamrock cutting plier
• 1 pair Shamrock round nose plier

Instructions for necklace

1. Cut two desired lengths of tiger tail.
2. Use combinations of beads above to create two strands of beads threaded onto tiger tail.
3. Add crimps to create spaces by squashing them with round nose pliers to fasten down.
4. To add jewellery tag and lobster clasp, thread one crimp onto the end of the tiger tail and then pass through a jewellery tag/lobster clasp and back through the crimp and squash.

Instructions for bracelet

1. Cut four desired lengths of tiger tail.
2. Use combinations of beads above to create two strands of beads threaded onto tiger tail.
3. Add crimps to create spaces by squashing them with round nose pliers to fasten down.
4. To add jewellery tag and lobster clasp, thread one crimp onto the end of the tiger tail and then pass through a jewellery tag/lobster clasp and back through the crimp and squash.